The Liturgy: July 2007 Archives

I think Gaspar would have said something like, "God has reserved for us these terrible times." Really, I think there are a whole generation of priests who have the bad habit of simply not listening to the church, but they have been trained to follow their own lights. They are sincere in their belief that this is appropriate and even more pastoral.

What I said to the visiting priest this weekend:

If it is in black, say it, and if it is in red, do it.
If it is not in black, do not say it, and if it is in not red, do not do it.

What the visiting priest did at his first Mass:

ad-libbed the Eucharistic Prayer.

These priests would be deeply offended to be called "clerical." But is there anything more clerical than thinking you know better than the Church? But then the response would be, "We are the Church." And the conversation goes on ...